Hi Friends, Last weekend our Smiles Across the Miles team joined with the good folks at the Orange County Rescue Mission to host a couple families for a day of photography education and portraiture at the “Jewel of the Missions”: Mission San Juan Capistrano. A lovely time was had by all, and hopefully, our families […]

My good friend, Booker — gourd artist extraordinaire — introduced me to a new friend and fellow artist: Terry M. Terry is a supremely talented ceramicist / potter, and graciously allowed us monopolize the better part of his morning making portraits in his Orange, California studio. A few images from today’s shoot… Here, the kiln behind […]

Another portrait sitting in the Heritage Portrait project. This is Marilyn: mother of my dear friend, Randy. She was photographed with the capable assistance of my good friend (and voice-activated lightstand), Royce. We tried a couple lighting setups, but settled on the SB-800 Speedlight in the 3′ octabox. In the above image, we used […]

Hi Friends, As a proof-of-concept for a portrait project I’m noodling, I coerced my mother-in-love, Keiko, to sit for a portrait. It’s very difficult to get her NOT to smile, but I was looking for serious expression here. I’d asked her to pose with a favorite portrait of my father-in-law, Larry, a career US Marine. […]

Cat got a new vest today at a little hole-in-the-wall Japanese clothing store, so I figured it was time to take some more portraits. I mean, it’s been at least a week since I’ve taken portraits of Cat! We returned to a local favorite portrait spot (great red wall) and made a few… Before we […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXYvBQtCupQ] Yesterday was my son’s first high school track meet. Didn’t get to run, but had a blast hanging with his friends all day. Weather threatened rain, but never materialized. Great clouds make for dramatic photos, though. I was joined by my good friend, Royce Rumsey, who never ceases to impress me with his photographic […]